is a passenger railway station located in the town of Yugawara, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by JR East.
Lines Yugawara Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 99.4 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.
Layout Yugawara Station has an island platform, and a station building with automated ticket machines, Suica automated turnstiles and a "Midori no Madoguchi" service counter.
Platforms
Station history When work began on the Tōkaidō Main Line, technology for long tunneling was limited. Initially (from 1895) the line was routed from Yugawara north to Gotemba to avoid the mountains before reaching Numazu, Shizuoka. A station was opened at Yugawara on October 1, 1924. Service to Atami began the following year initially by human-powered trolleys, followed by a steam-driven omnibus. On December 1, 1934 the Tanna Tunnel was completed, and through service on the Tōkaidō Main Line to Mishima and Numazu began. Freight services were discontinued in 1982 and small parcel service in 1985. On April 1, 1987 along with privatization and division of the Japan National Railways, East Japan Railway Company started operating this station.
Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5,833 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year daily average 2005 6,869 2010 6,065 2015 5,986
Surrounding area Yugawara Town Hall Yagawara Onsen
See also List of railway stations in Japan
References
Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) .
External links
Official home page